Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Job overview

The Perinatal and Family Divisions provide a full range of Obstetric, Neonatal, Gynaecology and Paediatric services, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The bulk of the maternity work is based at The Royal Oldham Hospital with satellite clinics at Rochdale Infirmary. Gynaecology clinics are carried out at all four sites with major in-patient operating at the Royal Oldham and Salford sites. Day case units are based at the Rochdale and Fairifeld sites. The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) Endometriosis Centre, located at the Royal Oldham Hospital, is a British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) accredited tertiary referral centre specializing in advanced, complex surgical treatments for severe and deep infiltrating endometriosis

The delivery suite is based at Royal Oldham Hospital with a birth rate of approximately 5000 per year and an adjoining Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. A full complement of Obstetrics inpatient and outpatient services are provided at the Royal Oldham Hospital, including a complex pregnancy unit (comprises fetal medicine service, preterm birth clinic, placenta clinic, complicated multiple pregnancy and Rainbow clinic), maternal medicine clinics (hypertension, diabetes, epilepsy, endocrine and haematology) and perinatal mental health clinic. The team works closely with the regional tertiary networks and hospitals in Manchester and Liverpool.

Main duties of the job

We would welcome candidate with special interests to complement the department such as experience in pelvic pain, high risk obstetrics, benign gynaecology, and interest in simulation training and education.

The post holder will join a team of 37 consultants and participate in the night resident on call rota. The obstetrics service will predominantly be being delivered at the Royal Oldham Hospital site with cross-sites working at Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield General and Salford Royal.

The principal duties of the post holder are:

• To support high risk obstetrics antenatal care and postnatal care
• To participate in the consultant rota pattern for daytime and out of hours resident on call
• To provide services in gynaecology theatre and gynaecology outpatient clinics
• To facilitate maternity MDT mandatory training sessions
• To be responsible for supervision and training for junior doctors and medical students
• To actively participate in quality improvement activity and clinical governance
• To participate in Clinical Triage and Advice and Guidance
• To maintain and ensure own mandatory training, continuing professional development and appraisal are up to date.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.